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Dimylus

Osteichthyes - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Dimylus was named by von Meyer (1846). It is not extant. Its type is Dimylus paradoxus.

It was assigned to Dimylinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Dimylidae by von Meyer (1846), Carroll (1988).

Species
D. paradoxus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Dimylus von Meyer
1967Dimylus Van Valen
1988Dimylus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
familyDimylidaeSchlosser 1887
genusDimylusvon Meyer 1846

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dimylus von Meyer 1846
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†Dimylus paradoxus von Meyer 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available